I had to do some extra mileage to get to that hotel, but that was the only best western plus of the area.
Around the pool and around the rooms, kids where crazy running and speaking very loud and crying. We tried to speak with the mother and to the front desk. They where not able to do anything...
Around 10pm, no more noise.. We tried to sleep.. The heater was doing a lot of noise (motor was humming after running 30-45 mins) and at some point you could hear a loud snoring from next door)

We spoke to the front desk again around 4am, couldn't do anything.

We got 20% off for a night without sleep..
I will never go there again

Situated on the west side of Thunder Bay, the Nor'Wester is a perfectly good location for a variety of purposes and seems to attract a regular business travel clientele. The restaurant is the highlight of the place, unless you're attending a business meeting or seminar of some sort (in which case the extensive small convention and meeting room facilities are the highlight in addition to the restaurant). I'm mentioning the restaurant first mainly because everything on the menu (in mid-December yet) was fresh, and the server brought fresh slices of warm, fresh-baked basil and rosemary bread to the table for me to try. It was very, very, good. Anyway, dinner and breakfast menus offer a wide variety of choices, and everything is competently prepared.

The room was serviceable, plain, with a comfortable bed. Nothing fancy at all, but it seemed cleaned and nothing was missing. To get to the main floor room requires carrying luggage down a short flight of stairs, then getting through two sets of doors - not particularly difficult, but an odd layout nonetheless. The in-room heating system was one of the newer breed of wall units that seem to be quieter and quite efficient, and it maintained a surprisingly stable temperature without being intrusive. I'm seeing these GE (or equivalent) systems in a lot of low and mid-priced hotels and motels as replacements for the older, noisy and inefficient HVAC systems I'm not sorry to see the end of.

All of the staff I met were courteous, professional and well-informed. Check-in/check-out was efficient and problem free.

Just recently spent 2 nights at this hotel and I was absolutely satisfied. Very clean rooms and hotel. It is about a 10 min drive from the main shopping area/airport but with it being outside of town a bit it has awesome views of the mountains in the dining area. The food was outstanding! We ate pretty much every meal there and everyone in our group was quite satisfied with the delicious food. Serving staff were very friendly and most accommodating.
The gym was also very good and exceeded expectations. The pool area was also very nice as well.
There isn't an on sight convenience store for magazines or reading material but newspapers were available on the front counter. There was also a card in the room to fill out and leave at the front desk if you had forgotten anything such as a toothbrush etc. They were most accommodating on many levels and I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone. It is also a dog friendly hotel and they supply a shuttle service to the airport.
I would definitely return to this hotel in the future.